Yanqi Li
Associate Professor
Comparative Pediatrics and Nutrition
Dyrlægevej 68
1870 Frederiksberg C
Scientific focus areas
- Clinical trials at hospitals: Early nutritional intervention in very low birth weight infants to improve feeding tolerance, immunity, gut health, and growth
- Epidemiological studies at hospitals: Nutrition and antibiotics for very low birth weight infants based on an international database
- Experimental animal model: Using preterm pig models to study the effects of bioactive milk and milk products on growth and development, immunity, metabolism, and intestinal health (digestive and absorptive functions, barrier functions, immunological responses)
- Food chemistry studies: Effects of milk processing on the quality and bioactivity of milk and milk products
Education/degrees
17-02-2014 Ph.D. in Clinical and Experimental Nutrition, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
21-11-2008 MSc in Food Science and Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
31-07-2006 BN in Nursing, Medical School, Ji Lin University, China
31-07-2004 BA in Business English, The College of Foreign Languages, Ji Lin University, China
Current/previous jobs
2019-2022 Head of group, Pediatric Clinical Research, Comparative Pediatrics and Nutrition, UCPH
2017-2022 Assistant Professor, Comparative Pediatrics and Nutrition, UCPH
2014‐2016 Postdoc, Comparative Pediatrics and Nutrition, UCPH
2013‐2014 Research assistant, Clinical and Experimental Nutrition, UCPH
2010‐2013 Industrial Ph.D., Arla Foods Ingredients P/S (AFI), Denmark
2009‐2010 Business development manager, Business Unit of Pediatric Nutrition, AFI
Project management experience
2017-2021 Vice-project leader, work package leader, and clinical trial manager in NEOCOL – Colostrum for newborn infants. DKK 37.7 mio DKK, IFD
2014-2016 Principle investigator, Donor human milk – effects of pasteurization on intestinal maturation and immunity in preterm pigs. EUR 250,000, Medela AG
2013-2019 Work package leader, administrative group member, and clinical trial leader in NEOMUNE – Early milk and microbiota to support immunity, gut and brain development. DKK 73.5 mio, IFD & Industrial co-financing
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Time to full enteral feeding for very low-birth-weight infants varies markedly among hospitals worldwide but may not be associated with incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis: The NEOMUNE-NeoNutriNet Cohort Study
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The role of immunonutrients in the prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm very low birth weight infants
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A Stepwise, Pilot Study of Bovine Colostrum to Supplement the First Enteral Feeding in Preterm Infants (Precolos): Study Protocol and Initial Results
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